ESRC Symposium: New approaches to assessing the impact of social science research Grafton Hotel, London, May 12-13, 2005 Impact of Social Research – a.

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ESRC Symposium: New approaches to assessing the impact of social science research Grafton Hotel, London, May 12-13, 2005 Impact of Social Research – a Nordic perspective Director Merete Konnerup, Nordic Campbell Center (NC2)

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Nordic Campbell Center Inaugurated 2002 with main focus on Social Work & Welfare Policies First regional centre in the Campbell Collaboration Budget: £ ½ million/year financed by the Danish Government Presently financing and supporting 10 + reviews-in-progress WWW.NC2.NET

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Practice and policy must be documented Researcher must do high quality impact studies Impact studies must be synthesized What does it take to inform policy and practice on the impact of interventions?

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Some key players in the impact game Impact Public employee Politician Social Scientist Generel public Media

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Politician/general public & impact of research Barriers Enablers Needs a story Needs timeliness Needs availability High quality intermediate institutions

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Media & impact of research Barriers Enablers Needs a story Needs clear statements Needs them now The media loves researchers Strong social science tradition for participating in public debate

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Public employee & impact of research Barriers Solutions Dont necessarily miss research Lack of strong critical appraisal skills Strong tradition for freedom of choice of method Tools for pushing research More focus on continuing education More collaboration between public employees and researchers

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Social Scientist & impact of research Barriers Enablers Few master high quality studies of the effect of interventions Suspiciousness towards applied policy research Suspiciousness towards generalization of results Which interventions work needs to be combined with what works in dissemi- nation & implimen- tation More interdisciplinary collaboration More research on transferability